Freedom of information

messages, but that means the other, almost half, of Americans feel the need to give up some of their freedom to protect national security. (Civil Liberty in America, May 29 2015) WikiLeaks, the notorious website that finds and exposes government information, poses a real threat to the national security. While a popular website today due to its high credibility, it has revealed highly classified information that has hurt not only national security but foreign relations as well as reveal military…

amongst other nations for that patent, thus censorship can help keep the peace within a nation. For this, the disclosure of the A-11 aircraft in the U.S. in 1964 will be cited as an example. Some cons of censorship of information involve governments censoring less harmless information, because it both limits its citizens to express…

In the Untied States of America, the First Amendment allows individuals the right to freedom of speech, press, and religion. According to The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication, “The First Amendment to the U.S Constitution includes only 45 words. It says, congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the…

The most important right of the civil liberty is the freedom of the press because freedom of the press allows citizens to stay informed, gives the people a voice to address wrongs, and gives citizens the ability to make better decisions and form opinions based on the information presented. Having a voice and being allowed to address wrongs is a powerful privilege. Being able to talk about the wrongs the government has committed informs the public, therefore affecting elections and protests. Free…

Propaganda is information specifically designed to persuade or mislead, and censorship is the suppression of information deemed objectionable. Although both are just tools, censorship and propaganda are not justifiable in any free society because their entire purpose is to blind and control. No matter what form it takes, propaganda is a tool used to control the citizens of a society. It’s dangerous because it works. In Germany, women were granted the right to vote in 1918. At the time, a very…

The Freedom of Speech Our Freedom of Speech is protected by the First Amendment under The United States Constitution. The Freedom of Speech protects our right to talk to whoever we want, however we want, and whatever we want. Free speech is fundamental to human beings and the first Amendment reinforces that idea .This is the basis of the American Democratic ideals. Freedom of Speech is an essential human right that protects the citizen’s in all outlets of communication. The Freedom of Speech…

According to Islamic perspective, freedom of expression is allowed and permissible to everyone in this world regardless of their status, gender and belief as there is no Quranic verses that prohibit it. In Islam, freedom of expression can be in terms of criticism,thought,consultation speech and others. However there is some point where Islam restricted the freedom of expression when it refrain any truth from being revealed or the speech might be offensive in a way that caused hurtful. This is…

part of novels that are considered offensive, immoral, harmful language, while suppressing the freedom of expression of writers, historians, and readers as well. I believe that censorship prevents people from accessing educational information, literary ideas, environmental and political debates, which in return inhibits communication and restrict written and oral expression. Censorship takes away the freedom to express ourselves as we see fit (first basic right guaranteed by the First Amendment…

imposed over ideas and information they did not like. They determined that the power of knowledge should be placed in the hands of the people. To insure a healthy and uninhibited flow of information, they included freedom of the press among the basic human rights protected in the new nation's Bill of Rights. These first 10 Amendments to the Constitution of the United States became law in 1791. The First Amendment says, in part, that "Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech,…

May, Nicole Unit 2 Lesson 9 Writing your Informative Article We, the people, have the right to seek, to receive and impart information or ideas from any media. Without freedom of the press, we would not have access to important information that we have the right to know. This right was established in the Bill of Rights during the year 1789. The Bill of Rights was created to further protect the rights of the Constitution. However, over the years the government has been attempting to place…